mentir
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Sentir has two changes: e→ie in present stressed forms (siento, sientes, siente...) and e→i in the gerund (sintiendo), preterite 3rd person (sintió), and subjunctive (sienta/sinta). So both diphtho...
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
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Presente
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Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — mentir
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber mentido
- Gerundio — mintiendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo mentido
- Participio — mentido
Key forms
yo
mento
tú
mentes
él/ella
mente
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he mentido
tú
has mentido
él/ella
ha mentido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
mentí
tú
mentiste
él/ella
mintió
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
mentía
tú
mentías
él/ella
mentía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había mentido
tú
habías mentido
él/ella
había mentido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube mentido
tú
hubiste mentido
él/ella
hubo mentido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
mentiré
tú
mentirás
él/ella
mentirá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
mentiría
tú
mentirías
él/ella
mentiría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré mentido
tú
habrás mentido
él/ella
habrá mentido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría mentido
tú
habrías mentido
él/ella
habría mentido
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya mentido
tú
hayas mentido
él/ella
haya mentido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
mentiera (mentiese)
tú
mentieras (mentieses)
él/ella
mentiera (mentiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera mentido (hubiese mentido)
tú
hubieras mentido (hubieses mentido)
él/ella
hubiera mentido (hubiese mentido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
mentiere
tú
mentieres
él/ella
mentiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere mentido
tú
hubieres mentido
él/ella
hubiere mentido
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